FROM PAGE 77 still alive! A‘ lot of brides have been toasted by me - with ICE WATER! As the. lady said to the bishop, “But you can't throw me out today!” She might have been able to argue with the bishop - but a hotel manager is ndt- so easy. Especially if you've goofed up your reservations. Often, if you've been less than obnoxious, he'll try to find you someplace else. But not at festival time in Venice. ‘Hopeless, Madame. There just isn't a room in the city.” After a few hours of “trudging through Venice, baggage clunking along behind, desperation wins. The hotel we found had character - immediately evident to anyone without a cold or sinus condition. But, it did have a bathroom - with a shower that spat the odd drop of cold water. And it served breakfast if you haven't much use for your stomach. At night, the little alley that led to “Hot - L Ghastly” was Mecca for scrawny tomcats and derelicts. One fluttering light bulb led the way. I took one look outside and declared that I was suddenly on a_ dict and preferred to skip dinner. Mom agreed. y middie began making strange noises and to help me forget, I got out the camera (an elderly Instamatic) and took a few pictures of our “home away from home”. To get the true THE TOWN CRIER at Anne Hathaway's cottage in Shottery, Warwickshire ts only too happy to tell you the history of the cottage and the area. ‘Still going strong and never conned | perspective, I opened the door and suggested to my elderly Mother that she look provocative - in keeping with the other occupants of the hotel. An English (Manchester) voice spoke up. “You people seem to be having such fun, I hate to interrupt. But my boyfriend and I have a room just down the hall. We wanted to ask you if you knew of any good restaurants close by that are cheap. We're travelling on a shoestring. Where do you eat?” 1 explained that I new of a good, cheap Tavola Caulda a few blocks away, but one look at that alley and we decided to pass. She said to wait a minute while she brought her boyfriend to survey the scene. He wasa nice guy - about six feet tall and Manchester police. He decided that he could escort three women to dinner without getting into anything he couldn't handle. I was in something of a quandary. They could be exactly what they said they were. Then again, they could be two of the biggest” con artists alive. Oh well. Give ita try. We ate our fill, returned to the hotel, and next day, joined: our “new-found friends” for a coffee and passport while you wait wea ’ts Sheed Fae bead ratat 988. 9813 . Assurance Fund, Consumer “and Corporate recently. ONY ee FY Tra aes ° “Page 79, ‘ae 1979 - North tk Shore News ; juarantee for_ . cy fa commodation i ina Hawaiian condominium. Travellers stranded in . “Hawaii by the failure of a Vancouver travel agent will have their accommodation guaranteed by. the Travel Nielsen said that the failure of the company does not affect the vacationers’ return flight. He added that other B.C, consumers, who have pre-paid the company but have not yet, departed, | ‘will be informed of the ~ failure, and will be ‘able to Nielsen said that when he learned of the situation, he | immediately approved payment from the B.C. ‘Travel Assurance Fund and instructed his staff to phone the’ condominium owner in id Affairs Minister Jim Nielsen said : a failure vf Bruce Hawaii with a guarantee of clain their | a t the . Thomson _ Trave Services payment. The owner agreed The Trav ; Limited, 114-10151 No. 3 to provide the ae Fund rave _Assarance ‘Road, Richmond, had commodation for the February 21, 1978, to